Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of participants by sleep patterns (n = 5636)

From: Association between sleep patterns and depression in older adults: a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2014

Variables

Total

(n = 5636)

Sleep Patterns (Col %)

P-value

Healthy

(n = 2577)

Intermediate

(n = 1904)

Poor

(n = 1155)

Age, year, Mean ± SD

69.9 ± 6.8

70.4 ± 6.9

69.6 ± 6.9

69.3 ± 6.6

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2, Mean ± SD

29.2 ± 6.3

28.6 ± 5.8

29.0 ± 6.1

30.8 ± 7.3

< 0.001

Gender(n, %)

    

0.003

Male

2754 (48.9)

1318 (51.1)

911 (47.8)

525 (45.5)

 

Female

2882 (51.1)

1259 (48.9)

993 (52.2)

630 (54.5)

 

Race(n, %)

    

< 0.001

Mexican American

560 (9.9)

241 (9.4)

200 (10.5)

119 (10.3)

 

Other Hispanic

514 (9.1)

224 (8.7)

175 (9.2)

115 (10)

 

Non-Hispanic white

3014 (53.5)

1486 (57.7)

938 (49.3)

590 (51.1)

 

Non-Hispanic black

1178 (20.9)

452 (17.5)

458 (24.1)

268 (23.2)

 

Other race

370 (6.6)

174 (6.8)

133 (7)

63 (5.5)

 

Education level (n, %)

    

< 0.001

< 9th grade

764 (13.6)

321 (12.5)

278 (14.6)

165 (14.3)

 

9-11th grade

829 (14.7)

367 (14.2)

290 (15.2)

172 (14.9)

 

High school graduate

1337 (23.7)

574 (22.3)

470 (24.7)

293 (25.4)

 

Some college or AA degree

1485 (26.3)

679 (26.3)

482 (25.3)

324 (28.1)

 

College graduate or above

1221 (21.7)

636 (24.7)

384 (20.2)

201 (17.4)

 

Marital status (n, %)

    

0.001

Married

3215 (57.0)

1557 (60.4)

1045 (54.9)

613 (53.1)

 

Widowed

1149 (20.4)

498 (19.3)

397 (20.9)

254 (22)

 

Divorced

757 (13.4)

325 (12.6)

265 (13.9)

167 (14.5)

 

Separated

133 (2.4)

48 (1.9)

54 (2.8)

31 (2.7)

 

Never married

262 (4.6)

106 (4.1)

98 (5.1)

58 (5)

 

Living with partner

120 (2.1)

43 (1.7)

45 (2.4)

32 (2.8)

 

PIR(n, %)

    

< 0.001

<1

893 (15.8)

358 (13.9)

310 (16.3)

225 (19.5)

 

≥ 1

4743 (84.2)

2219 (86.1)

1594 (83.7)

930 (80.5)

 

Smoke status(n, %)

    

0.055

Yes

2889 (51.3)

1285 (49.9)

979 (51.4)

625 (54.1)

 

No

2747 (48.7)

1292 (50.1)

925 (48.6)

530 (45.9)

 

Consume alcohol(n, %)

    

0.413

Yes

3695 (65.6)

1707 (66.2)

1226 (64.4)

762 (66)

 

No

1941 (34.4)

870 (33.8)

678 (35.6)

393 (34)

 

Diabetes (n, %)

    

< 0.001

Yes

1313 (23.3)

518 (20.1)

431 (22.6)

364 (31.5)

 

No

4108 (72.9)

1967 (76.3)

1402 (73.6)

739 (64)

 

Borderline

215 (3.8)

92 (3.6)

71 (3.7)

52 (4.5)

 

Failing kidneys (n, %)

    

< 0.001

Yes

290 (5.1)

92 (3.6)

96 (5)

102 (8.8)

 

No

5346 (94.9)

2485 (96.4)

1808 (95)

1053 (91.2)

 

Hypertension (n, %)

    

< 0.001

Yes

3570 (63.3)

1544 (59.9)

1191 (62.6)

835 (72.3)

 

No

2066 (36.7)

1033 (40.1)

713 (37.4)

320 (27.7)

 

High cholesterol (n, %)

    

< 0.001

Yes

3179 (56.4)

1405 (54.5)

1055 (55.4)

719 (62.3)

 

No

2457 (43.6)

1172 (45.5)

849 (44.6)

436 (37.7)

 

Depression(n, %)

    

< 0.001

Yes

436 (7.7)

82 (3.2)

144 (7.6)

210 (18.2)

 

No

5200 (92.3)

2495 (96.8)

1760 (92.4)

945 (81.8)